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Trees and Woodlands (Hardcover)
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Trees and Woodlands (Hardcover)
Series: British Wildlife Collection
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Features almost 300 colour photographs and brings together more
than 60 years of research by a leading voice in British woodland
ecology. Trees define woodland. They provide a complex,
multi-layered habitat for a great range of wildlife, but they are
also wildlife themselves, reacting to their circumstances and each
other. Woodlands are important to people, supplying timber, food
and fuel, accumulating carbon, and offering places of refuge and
refreshment. But they are also under threat: some stand in the way
of 'progress', and all are becoming increasingly vulnerable to
disease and climate change. In Trees and Woodlands, George Peterken
brings together decades of scientific research, while also
incorporating his personal experiences, to explore the ecology,
nature conservation and wider cultural value of our native trees
and shrubs, and the various ways they have combined as woodland.
Peterken accepts that all woodlands have been shaped by people as
well as nature, and he describes the long history of use and
management and how this has influenced woodland wildlife. Woodlands
have also contributed to our art, beliefs and social attitudes, and
this too is examined. He concludes by asking, what next for
Britain's trees and woodlands? He advocates woods being managed and
their timber and small wood being put to good use, but recognises
that this is all part of a larger question: the future of
ourselves. Containing nearly 300 photographs, and interspersed with
box texts describing the history and ecology of representative
woods across Britain, this is a commentary on trees, woodlands and
our relationship with them from one of our most highly regarded
forest ecologists.
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